Brains and Eggs

We put together a cartoon collection about Elon Musk's 'awkward gesture': https://t.co/e5Us1QKaNz

This one is by Oliver Ploux.#ElonMusk #nazisalute pic.twitter.com/u8KrtiIxZ6
— Cartoon Movement (@cartoonmovement) January 22, 2025

The future of the next generation is being stolen due to the misconception of endless growth on our finite planet. The Earth is a closed system for materials. "We are stealing the future, selling it in the present, and calling it GDP" - Paul Hawkenhttps://t.co/DLIGn4uJnd
— Peter Dynes (@PGDynes) January 12, 2024

Medicare for All#SocialistSunday pic.twitter.com/AbBHq010MV
— screamschildrenremoved (@PDiddie) April 13, 2025

This cartoon was drawn in 2009. pic.twitter.com/nwDtBVjU2M
— Friendly Neighborhood Comrade (@SpiritofLenin) July 27, 2024

most of what we fight over is made up... pic.twitter.com/T6UubOBNJ6
— వంశీ చెల్లెపాటి (@Vamshi_C13) November 29, 2025

The Bullock Museum completed a five-year project in December to make all 16,000 years of Texas history encapsulated within its walls available to visitors in both English and Spanish.https://t.co/hGF86uGJx9
— KUT Austin (@KUT) February 8, 2024

If you zoom in on this 1873 map of Houston, you'll see all sorts of interesting stuff, including the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou, which, because it formed a natural turning basin for boats to turn around, was the primary reason the Allen Brothers, John Kirby… pic.twitter.com/yEZ8x47u7r
— Traces of Texas (@TracesofTexas) February 6, 2025

Houston, Texas, and US blog roll

Raw Story

'Shocking' Oval Office clash revealed as Trump's split with MAHA bursts open - President Donald Trump's simmering split with the MAHA movement burst into the open in a tense Oval Office meeting last week, according to a new Axios sc...
Slate

My Aunts Are Already Getting Half of My Mom’s Estate. What They’re Asking for Now Is Just Too Much. - How is this my problem?
memeorandum

Control of the Senate Is Up for Grabs, Times/Siena Polls Find (New York Times) - New York Times: *Control of the Senate Is Up for Grabs, Times/Siena Polls Find* — Republicans are defending seats in Alaska, Iowa, Maine, North Carolin...
The Smirking Chimp

What Is There to Celebrate on the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America? -
The Hill

Anything but SAVE America Act is a ‘big yawn’ to Trump - President Trump is fighting an uphill battle to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, raising questions about why he is investi...
World Socialist Web Site

Australia: Union trying to rush through sellout deal at Western Sydney University - In typical anti-democratic fashion, the NTEU is trying to push an endorsement vote through a hastily called members’ meeting on Thursday.
jobsanger

A Very Biased Supreme Court -
Informed Comment

That Time when Iran and the U.S. allied against a Common Foe - Only a few years ago, the United States and Iran were able to work alongside one another to defeat ISIL
Houston Public Media

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3264: Hockney’s iPad Impressionism - Episode: 3264 David Hockney, Digital Painting, and Art’s Technophobia. Today, painting with pixels, in the hands of a master.
Axios

Kiros ousts 15-term Colorado U.S. Rep. DeGette - Progressive upstart Melat Kiros completed a monumental upset over U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, defeating the 15-time incumbent on Tuesday to secure the Democ...
Election Law Blog

“Trump’s Moneymaking Run: Unrivaled in Presidential History” - NYT: President Lyndon B. Johnson’s wife owned a profitable radio station. George W. Bush was on the board of an oil company while his father was in the ...
Techdirt.

JD Vance Brags About Being Able To Do Lots Of Watergates, Compares Himself To Nixon - It should be obvious at this point that JD Vance is a purely political creature. There’s no virtue to find in there, no moral stances firmly taken, nor any...
Workers World

Solidarity with Venezuela - [image: Solidarity with Venezuela] June 28 — Workers World expresses our most heartfelt solidarity with the people and government of Venezuela who were hit...
Deadline Politics

Paula Reid Expected To Depart CNN As It Faces New Paramount Ownership - Paula Reid is expected to depart CNN, where she has served as the network’s chief legal affairs correspondent, according to sources familiar with her plans...
Political Wire

Democratic Socialist Ousts Incumbent in Colorado - Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) is projected to lose her reelection bid to former attorney and current PhD student Melat Kiros, marking the third time that a dem...
Courthouse News

Video game makers attempt to send kid’s addiction claims to arbitration - The makers of Fortnite, Roblox and Minecraft say it would be a slippery slope for parents to argue that not recalling agreeing to terms and conditions is a...
Portside

The Gas Station Attendant Is a Poetic Take On Love and Class - The Gas Station Attendant Is a Poetic Take On Love and Class Marti Tue, 06/30/2026 - 21:39
Popular Resistance

Venezuela: Beacon Of Solidarity - Four days ago, on the 24th of June, a national holiday jointly celebrating St. John the Baptist Day and the key Battle of Carabobo that secured the natio...
Ballot Access News

Lincoln Party Submits 74,000 Signatures in Indiana - On June 30, the Lincoln Party submitted approximately 74,000 signatures to place its nominee for Indiana Secretary of State on the ballot. This is double t...
The Verge

Meta is adding ridiculous ‘rate limits’ and a soft paywall to its smart glasses - Would you pay $20 a month for access to AI hardware you already own? That appears to be one of Meta's next bets. This week, it quietly announced that your ...
Antiwar.com

Americans Want Peace, Israel Wants War - America wants peace. Israel wants war. The great majority of Americans want an end to the war against Iran. The great majority in Congress just want more c...
IVN

Commentary: Birthright Citizenship Is More Complicated Than It Sounds - Kavanaugh saw the constitutional opening for Congress to act. He underestimated how badly Trump’s executive order mangled the law around it.
The Week

High and dry: St Lucia’s battle to fix water woes - Costly effort to overhaul supply has yet to solve the everyday struggle for reliable water
The Guardian (U.S. news)

‘Historic Event’: Trump announces Republican midterm convention - President unveils plans for Dallas summit, in break with tradition of conventions only in presidential election years Donald Trump has announced that Rep...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Online conservatives declare war on SCOTUS judge and her adopted children in aftermath of birthright citizenship ruling - And we are again at the time of year which finds the LGBTQ community tired, weary, battered and bruised but still standing. It is the end of yet another ...
Alternet

Trump is drowning DC in shady no-bid contracts: report - MS NOW analyst Steve Benen said if there’s any kind of phrase for the overpriced corruption plaguing DC under the second Trump administration it would pr...
Claytoonz

American Made - To read the blog, visit my Substack. Support your local cartoonist: If you want to support the cartoonist, please donate through PayPal to clayjonz@gmail.c...
The Conversation

In rebuke to Trump, Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, emphasizing the promise of equality in the Declaration of Independence - Pointing to the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, the high court ruled that all babies born in the United States ‘are citizens by birth.’
Crooked Timber

The state of nuclear power in 2026 - There was a renewed burst of enthusiasm for nuclear power a few years ago. In Australia, where I live it was confined to the political right and didn’t las...
WhoWhatWhy

Ahead of Midterms, Supreme Court Gives GOP and Billionaires Another Boost - [image: government for sale, US Capitol] Republicans and the uber-wealthy are rejoicing after the Supreme Court on Tuesday boosted the influence that the r...
San Antonio Report

What to do after a DWI arrest in San Antonio - SPONSORED: After a DWI arrest in San Antonio, the most important decision is who you hire to help you. ------------------------------ What to do after a DWI...
Eschaton

Mommy Milky -
San Antonio Current

San Antonio Spurs lock in Julian Champagnie and Harrison Barnes ahead of free agency - A day before the NBA started its free agency period, the Spurs’ front office signed Julian Champagnie to new contract ESPN hoops contributor Shams Chara...
CultureMap Houston

MFAH will host two impressive American art exhibits this fall - Houston art lovers can get a glimpse of a couple of impressive exhibits this fall at the MFAH. One is from a private Texas collection of American modernist...
SCOTUSblog

Birthright citizenship: “We break no new ground today” - When it comes to the last formal day of the term, when we know which cases are remaining, litigants and other interested parties have the chance to try t...
Greg Palast

America at 250, of Thee I Sing - When it comes to America's semiquincentennial birthday, I feel like someone whose husband has gotten fat and surly and announced he’s going vegan. You just...
Vox

Why Elon Musk is so obsessed with this violently xenophobic Armie Hammer movie - A violent anti-migrant propaganda movie titled Citizen Vigilante was a smash hit on Apple and Amazon over the weekend, and the online right is celebrating....
The Daily Poster

Sick Leave For Me, Not For Thee - GOP Rep. Tom Kean Jr. took four months off from Congress, fully paid, to treat depression. Time and again, he’s voted against paid sick leave legislation.
Crooked Media

SCOTUS Just Barely Preserves Birthright Citizenship - The post SCOTUS Just Barely Preserves Birthright Citizenship appeared first on Crooked Media.
El Paso Matters

Do you need a city or county permit to have a block party? - Claims online question whether a permit from the city or county is required to host an event on public spaces. Here’s what you need to know. The post Do...
Speak Freely (ACLU)

Supreme Court Rules to Protect Birthright Citizenship in Landmark Case - The Supreme Court ruling held that President Donald Trump’s effort to get rid of birthright citizenship violated the constitution and federal law.
Salon.com

“Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver checks in to “General Hospital” - The late-night host and ardent soap opera fan makes his first appearance Thursday on the iconic daytime drama
Undernews

Ford recalls 741,000 vehicles - *Independent - *Ford is initiating a recall of over 741,000 vehicles across the U.S. due to a critical transmission defect that could compromise the par...
Futurism

Top AI Researchers Terrified of a “Chernobyl Moment”: a Mass Casualty Event, or Worse, That Turns the World Against AI Forever - "AI doesn't need a Chernobyl moment." The post Top AI Researchers Terrified of a “Chernobyl Moment”: a Mass Casualty Event, or Worse, That Turns the Worl...
Texas Standard

Gov. Abbott blasts Supreme Court ruling preserving birthright citizenship - The Supreme Court’s decision preserves birthright citizenship for future Texas-born children, leaving in place a constitutional guarantee with major implic...
Daily Howler

TUESDAY: Daring to struggle, daring to win? - *TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2026* *The attempt to win seats in the South:* No one knows what's going to happen in this year's mid-term elections. That said, a fas...
Al Jazeera English

England vs DR Congo: World Cup Round of 32: Kane, match prediction, lineups - Title contenders England, led by Harry Kane, face Yoane Wissa's DR Congo, as the teams fight for a place in the last-16.
Novara Media

Starmer Announces Cuts to Pay for Defence - The Prime Minister has announced a £15bn increase in military spending, to be funded by cutting investment budgets in other areas. Plus: Anti-immigrant pro...
Consortium News

Europe’s Moral Bankruptcy - Despite widespread public opposition in Europe to Israel’s genocidal violence, Ursula von der Leyen is only concerned with the human rights violations of s...
Scheerpost.com

In Gift to Billionaires, Supreme Court Buys Vance’s Argument Against Post-Watergate Campaign Finance Rule - Editor’s Note: While many are celebrating the Supreme Court’s narrow victory preserving birthright citizenship, it is important not to lose sight of the br...
Mediagazer

Sky News Australia says it will rebrand as News24 on July 27 after 30 years, with its broadcast, streaming, and digital assets transitioning to News24.com.au (Sky News Australia) - Sky News Australia: *Sky News Australia says it will rebrand as News24 on July 27 after 30 years, with its broadcast, streaming, and digital assets trans...
naked capitalism

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Peace Power and Trust Engineering - War Power has long served civilization as the primary institution for managing consequential international conflict. But as the destructive costs of modern...
The Greanville Post

Trump Turns from TACO to TITS - IS—The historian Dr Artem Kirpichonok explains: "Western aid is structured in a specific way — designed to create a powerful financial incentive for Ukrain...
Environment Texas

Big changes are coming to Houston’s waste and recycling system - A first-ever trash fee and new investments could transform how Houston manages waste. The post Big changes are coming to Houston’s waste and recycling sy...
Duck of Minerva

What Politics and IR can teach AI pedagogy - [Editor’s Note: This is a write-up of a workshop proceedings. It is posted under my name, but the participants wrote the piece; they are listed at the end....
The NM Political Report

Governor, AG accuse DEA of letting fentanyl flood NM streets, demand investigation - [image: New Mexico's overdose crisis just got a new villain, according to the governor: the federal agency that's supposed to be fighting it.] By Kevin He...
NORML

Why I Chose Cannabis Over Opioids - [image: A person stands with their arms extended. In one hand they hold three large oblong pills. In the other they hold a marijuana leaf, representing t...
Common Dreams

Lawyers’ Committee Statement on Birthright Citizenship Ruling from Supreme Court - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down President Trump’s order denying birthright citizenship to children born on U.S. soil, affirming that the Fo...
Angry Bear

Repeat home sales continue to show almost no shelter inflation at all - – by New Deal democrat Besides affordability being of great importance for potential homebuyers, housing also forms about 1/3rd of the entire CPI. House...
Mondoweiss

Committee to Protect Journalists’ decision to turn its back on slain Palestinian journalists is another step toward isolating Gaza - [image: Mourners attend the funeral of Al Jazeera journalist Mohammad Weshah, who was killed in an Israeli strike on Wednesday, according to medics, at Al-...
Project Censored

The Project Censored Newsletter—June 2026 - Meet Our Summer 2026 Student Interns We’re so excited to welcome a new cohort of talented students to the Project Censored team, who will support our res...
Bonddad

Repeat home sales continue to show almost no shelter inflation at all - * - by New Deal democrat* Besides affordability being of great importance for potential homebuyers, housing also forms about 1/3rd of the entire CPI....
The Texas Signal

State Board of Education Approves New Biblical Curriculum - The Texas State Board of Education voted to approve massive changes to social studies curriculum including adding certain Bible stories into required reading
Glasstire

Letter from the Publisher: Cultural Pillars: Museums & Institutions - Whenever I go to a city, I always want to visit its encyclopedic museum. It’s a way to take the temperature of an art scene, to see what a community (and...
Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

A President and Country in Decline: Dispatches Mailbag - Answering your questions
Ian Welsh

How Many Poor People Could Elon’s Trillion Lift Out Of Poverty? - Every once in a while a complete tool graces the comments and inspires a post with their sheer stupidity. A trillion dollars is a million million dollars. ...
Democracy Now!

"Keep Supporting the Venezuelan People": Thousands Missing as Earthquake Rescue Efforts Continue - Rescue efforts in Venezuela continue as thousands of people remain missing — trapped under the rubble of flattened homes and buildings nearly a week after ...
Daily Cartoonist

CSotD: Tuesday Roundup & More - Here a generally liberal and a generally conservative cartoonist offer a similar take on the Supreme Court’s finding that, because Roundup’s label doesn’t ...
Rallblog

Record Heat Wave Scorches US | DeProgram with Ted Rall and Jamarl Thomas - Live at 9 AM Eastern & Streaming 24-7 Thereafter: Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall and political analyst Jamarl Thomas deprogram you from mainstream media e...
Rewire

Federal Health Agency Cancels Most of its Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grants - Teen birth rates have fallen dramatically in the past 20 years. The post Federal Health Agency Cancels Most of its Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grants appea...
Space City Weather

A few forecast variations: Shower chances on Thursday, heat building over the holiday weekend - In brief: Some low-end rain chances will now return to the forecast for the rest of the week, but don’t have high expectations. We continue to see warm and...
The Progressive Wing

6/30 News Roundup & Open Thread - Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, vying to be the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, speaks with Major Garrett about AI, his past comments on police funding...
ProPublica

“That Guy Is Still Out There” - The post “That Guy Is Still Out There” appeared first on ProPublica.
Off The Kuff

Benjamin Flores update - Some good news. Benjamin Flores, the Democratic nominee for Texas land commissioner, said Friday that he is in remission, two weeks after his campaign reve...
NPR's Health Shots

After Trump's reelection, these U.S. scientists found jobs in the U.K. - More U.S. scientists are heading abroad. Three researchers explain why they decided to shift their research to universities in the U.K.
Grist

For Puerto Rico’s fishers, climate change isn’t the only challenge — being left to adapt alone is another - Even as Puerto Rico's fisherfolk navigate rising seas and monster storms, a maze of bureaucracy is proving to be their biggest obstacle.
Infidel753

Image round-up for 30 June 2026 - More pictures from my collection -- to see any image at full size, right-click and open the link in a new tab. [For the link round-up, click here.] ...
High Country News

Meet the students graduating from Montana’s smallest classes - The people graduating from classes of 3, 2 and 1 have big ambitions. The post Meet the students graduating from Montana’s smallest classes appeared firs...
Counterpunch

When the Children Become the Target - On June 23, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israe...
Mediaite

Trump’s Post Announcing Shiny New ‘Golden Gift’ for White House Met with Mockery: ‘How F*cking Tacky’ - President Donald Trump announced a shiny new "Golden Gift" for the White House Monday evening -- a giant golden eagle sculpture that swiftly drew online ...
See You In 2020

DSA’s coming collapse, the monsters this will produce, & the cultural revolution America must undergo - To capture the masses who will be left adrift by DSA’s inevitable collapse, American communists must account for the question of cultural revolution. Wi...
slacktivist

On Christianity and Aliens (cont’d.) - God created you and God redeemed you and you are beloved by God. Can you imagine this is true for anyone other than you? Can you accept that this might be ...
Church and State

Donald Trump the greatest con man in the United States - The successes that he glories in, making America a failure in the world, demeaning all the things that have made our country the greatest ever.
Mother Jones

States Sue to Block Medicaid Work Requirements - On Monday, officials in 25 states and Washington, DC sued Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...
Brad Blog

SCOTUS Hot Takes: Mailing it In - We are on the road this week, so there will be no new BradCasts or Green News Reports until after the July 4th holiday. So, I’ve got only a moment right no...
Debunking Christianity

Richard Carrier Recommends Three More Books of Mine! - The category of books here is the *Philosophy of Religion* (POR). Below are summarized comments from him. The essay is linked below. *One) Unapologetic: W...
First Draft

MAGA Doesn’t Know How To Have Fun - The Great American State Fair is lacking every single thing that makes state fairs fun. I absolutely love it.
Sludge

Big Bank Lobby Pumps Millions Into Corporate Dems’ Super PACs - The Financial Services Forum's new dark money arm has quietly pumped nearly $6 million into super PACs backing the party's most Wall Street-friendly Democr...
Capital & Main

The L.A. Nonprofit Where the Formerly Incarcerated Grow Organic Produce - ALMA Backyard Farms seeks to feed the souls and stomachs of Compton residents with little access to healthy and affordable food. The post The L.A. Nonpro...
The Root

How Pooh Shiesty Was Able to Allegedly Kidnap Gucci Mane Is Finally Revealed - More details have come out about Poo Shiesty's alleged kidnapping and robbery of Gucci Mane and they're truly unbelievable! Read more...
The AltWorld

Israel & Lebanon Shock Deal: Will Hezbollah Survive? - In this high-stakes episode of Syriana Analysis, Marwa Osman joins us to dissect the recent “historic deal” […] The post Israel & Lebanon Shock Deal: Wil...
Independent Political Report

NM Forward Party Announces 5 Candidates for November Election, but 2 Fail to Make Ballot - *This article was originally published by Source New Mexico on June 25, 2026. It is republished here under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Any views expressed...
Texas Observer

Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our July/August 2026 Issue - Texas Observer reader, The following are my remarks, in part, from our May 6 MOLLYs fundraiser gala: Last year, some of you may remember, we published a ...
Earthworks

“We Have to Do Whatever We Can” - Indigenous land and water defenders strategized to defend the Guatemalan people. Here's how. The post “We Have to Do Whatever We Can” appeared first on E...
ArcaMax

We All Stand to Lose in Hegseth’s War on Diversity - Is Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth resegregating the military? I hear that question a lot since the news broke that our nation’s current secretary of defens...
Earth 911

Sustainability In Your Ear: Shareholder Democracy and Causeway Impact Founders on Building Shareholder Influence - If you hold a 401(k), an IRA, or a single index fund, you own a... The post Sustainability In Your Ear: Shareholder Democracy and Causeway Impact Founder...
Dorf on Law

SCOTUS End-of-Term Opinions Today: Blog Post Coming This Afternoon - Good morning! This morning the Supreme Court will hand down opinions in some or all of the merits cases remaining on this docket from the OT 2025 Term. W...
Texas Environmental News

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LareDOS

Next Stories of Laredo: Community Journaling program set for July 14, 6 p.m. at the Joe A. Guerra Library - Be part of enriching Laredo's cultural history!
Educational Equity, Politics & Policy in Texas

The Texas SBOE’s Bible mandate is Not Religious Literacy. It is State-Sponsored,Taxpayer Funded, Religious Favoritism, by Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D. - *The Texas SBOE’s Bible mandate is Not Religious Literacy. It is State-Sponsored, Taxpayer Funded, Religious Favoritism* *by* *Angela Valenzuela, Ph.D.*...
Liberation News

LGBTQ history is the history of working class unity and struggle! - As the right wing and the Trump administration move full steam ahead with their attempts to roll back the rights of LGBTQ people, it is more important than...
Web of Debt

AI Abundance, Part 4: THE CLARITY ACT AND THE STABLECOIN WARS - As Americans prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, few are paying attention to a bill moving through Congress that...
Seeing the Forest

Imagine - This post was first published at Imagine Democracy – Imagining government of the people, by the people and for the people. Imagine a government run to do g...
Lowering the Bar

Nicholas Rossi Finally Extradited From Earth - It took a lot longer to get him out of Scotland.
Mike Flugennock: Political Cartoons

There’s No “P” In Our Ool - 11×17 inch high-res color .jpg image, 1.1mb When I first peeped that aerial shot on Reuters, it wouldn’t leave my mind. On the one hand, it’s another bucke...
alicublog

FRIDAY 'ROUND-THE-HORN: EYE ON THE SPARROW Y'ALL EDITION. - *DANCE PARTY!!* It seems the closer we get to the big two-five-oh -- that is, the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence -- the stupider t...
Dissent Magazine

The New York Left’s Super Tuesday - The Democratic Party establishment was not happy about Zohran Mamdani’s election, but most did not treat it as an existential threat. The results of the ...
Progressive.org

You Can’t Pray the Gay Away - I know firsthand that conversion therapy doesn’t work. SCOTUS’ decision to protect it only hurts LGBTQ+ people.
The Militant

US, Tehran deal means no peace in the Mideast - Washington and Tehran signed a 14-point “Memorandum of Understanding” June 17. But this is not a “peace” agreement, it’s a move by Washington to work with ...
Socialist Alternative

AI IPOs: Next Stage Of The Bubble? - While we pay through the nose for shortages stemming from Trump’s war on Iran, his billionaire friends are gambling trillions on the AI bubble. Elon Musk’s...
Black Agenda Report

Black Agenda Report June 26, 2026 - Black Agenda Report June 26, 2026 Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 06/26/2026 - 03:28 Black Agenda Radio · Black Agenda ...
Wolf Street

Inflation in “Core Services” Surges, plus AI’s Impact on Electricity & Goods: Inflation beyond Gasoline - The 6-Month "core services" PCE price index jumped 4.2% annualized, pushed the 6-month core PCE to 4.1%, worst since June 2023.
Discourse

Super PACs Are No Match for Zohran Mamdani (w/Jack Crosbie) - Plus: Big wins in the New York primaries, ranking NYC avenues, and Taylor and Travis' cursed wedding at MSG
The Grayzone

Leaked emails reveal British intel instigated riots in occupied Ireland with twisted ploys - Leaked emails expose how British military-intel officials deliberately provoked riots among occupied Ireland’s Catholic and Protestant communities, which...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

The Primary Season: 2026 Already Surpasses Average Number of Incumbent Losses, and a Low Number of Incumbents are Running - After this week's primaries, 7 House incumbents have been denied renomination. This is above the postwar average of 6.5 losses, and there are some other ...
MintPress News

Hezbollah Hunts Down Hind Rajab’s Killers & Crushes Israeli Offensive - More than two years after six-year-old Hind Rajab was killed alongside her rescuers in Gaza, Hezbollah is systematically targeting commanders linked to t...
Bracing Views

The Real Enemy Is War - For Democracy to Prosper, America’s Wars Must End BILL ASTORE JUN 24, 2026 To democracy, the real enemy is war. Almost any excess, any use of power, any ab...
The Socialist

Eric Adams Net Worth 2026: The Real Numbers Behind the Indictment - If you search for Eric Adams’ net worth online, you will instantly hit a wall of conflicting numbers. Some celebrity wealth trackers claim he is sitting on...
Ecosophia

June 2026 Open Post - This week’s Ecosophian offering is the monthly open post to field questions and encourage discussion among my readers. All the standard rules apply (no pro...
Media Lens

Whitewash: Media Silence Over Starmer’s Gaza Legacy - On Monday, Sir Keir Starmer was given a largely respectful farewell by the ‘mainstream’ media, portraying him as a ‘decent’ man who put his country first. ...
Land Destroyer

US Cements Political Capture of Armenia as it Advances “Extending Russia” Strategy - *June 15, 2026 *(NEO - Brian Berletic) - The United States continues pursuing its decades-spanning policy of maintaining global primacy by encircling and...
Idavox

Promoter of NJ Neo-Nazi Show Doubles Down on Beliefs While Two Bands Bow Out - UPDATE: about an hour after we posted this article, the Wisla Club where Vengeance Fest... The post Promoter of NJ Neo-Nazi Show Doubles Down on Beliefs ...
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

The Most Effective Research To Prevent Violence Is Buried For Ideological Reasons! - The academic world has been steadily improving research about how to reduce violence and solve many other social problems for decades, if not well over ...
Krebs on Security

Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial - Two men pleaded guilty in the United Kingdom this week to criminal charges stemming from an August 2024 cyberattack that crippled Transport for London, the...
TalkLeft

Happy Father's Day and Open Thread - Happy Father's Day to all. A day of tribute and for many, remembrances. My dad passed away at age 81 in 2001. Something reminds me of him every day. His ...
Avedon's Sideshow

Not another one, aw, no - "Girl With Mug" is a painting by Iranzy Art. Not sure where we are in any given minute with the Iran ceasefire deal, during which, as usual, Israel has ...
Trivial Knot

Thoughts on maintaining a game diary - I’ve been maintaining a video game diary since 2021. I post it publicly on my pillowfort. It is not the only media diary I maintain, I also review books ...
Field Negro

No exit in sight. - I few months ago I was driving down to Louisiana to play golf with some friends of mine. I had a craving for a bag of those pecan nuts that they serve...
Alas, a Blog

Fox Goggles - It took me a few tries to write this strip. It’s the most vexing question of the Trump era, for me: How can so many people support Trump? I’ve known a bunc...
Edinburg Politics

Edinburg Cable Network earns 2026 Silver Telly Award for holiday video “The City of Edinburg Catches the Grinch,” reports Mayor Omar Ochoa - Christmas 2025 memories came flashing back in May 2026 when South Texans learned that the Edinburg Cable Network was named a 2026 Silver Telly Winner by th...
Progressives Chat

Mamdani. Platner. El–Sayed. - In the Democratic Party, three men have been greeted with opposition. From Democrats. But also from the supposed mainstream. One of these men, beginning...
Consent Factory, Inc.

The Rise of the New Normal Reich (Redux) - So I’ve got some good news and some bad news. I’ll give you that news in just a minute, but, first, I need to do a recap for any readers just now tuning in...
The Rag Blog

SUSAN VAN HAITSMA / CULTURE / Down on the Drag: Austin Music History - By Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog / June 15, 2026 I love learning about the place, people and history of where I live. I often wonder about the people w...
Texas Monthly

The Daily Crossword: June 14, 2026 - [image: Sunday Crossword Illustration] The post The Daily Crossword: June 14, 2026 appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Stinque

Pop! Six! Squish! Uh-uh! Cicero! Lipschitz! - The post Pop! Six! Squish! Uh-uh! Cicero! Lipschitz! appeared first on Stinque.
Two Party Opera

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Free & Equal

We Need More Choices in Elections | Christina Tobin Interviewed by Matt Kibbe - Tune in to hear Free and Equal founder Christina Tobin dive deep with Matt Kibbe on his show “Kibbe on Liberty!” They discuss the importance of breaking ...
Texas Freedom Network

Five Ways Education Vouchers are Already Harming Texans - By Andrew Freeman Governor Abbott and his far-right cronies pushed for vouchers for more than a decade. It took millions of dollars, countless special se...
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Anti-Media

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Splinter

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Saturday, July 23, 2005

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